Richard Venezky

From: Dina Venezky
Date: Thu Jul 24, 2003 22:43:39 US/Pacific

Hi –
It’s been 6 months since Dad received Diane’s stem cells and he is doing really well. He’s been working, gardening, and attending to a full social calendar in DE, NYC, and Sag Harbor (I think he makes his doctor tired just mentioning half of what he does). We’ve been told that Dad’s blood counts are where they are supposed to be (they have been going up and down a little) but it’s still a little confusing for me if that means that they will one day be higher or if this is his new blood count. Dad will be having another bone marrow test in September just to check on everything (the last large diagnostic test was lost at the lab…again). If asked during the transplant where we were all hoping to be in six months, I think we’d all agree that this is it.

Thank you again for your best wishes. I hope you are having a great summer.
Much love,
Dina

ps Benjamin continues to grow, run around, and now knows many animal noises (his favorite is woof, which he often pronounces as boof). Here are a few pictures.

Benjamin reads with his friend Olivia.

Benjamin helps create his new playground area by bringing the shovel back to the wood chip pile.